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File - U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raise the American flag atop Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, on Feb. 23, 1945.
Human Rights   Nuclear Proliferation   Photos   US Foreign Policy   Wikipedia: Battle of Iwo Jima   		 WorldNews.com 
Islands of Illusions and the Damned
Wed 19 Feb 2014
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling | Sulfur Island, and much of its life, became a victim of humankind's aggressive geopolitical and technological determinism sixty-nine years ago this mon... (photo: AP / Joe Rosenthal)
At PK12, the last checkpoint at the exit of the town, a Muslim woman who was on a truck attacked by looters walks to join another vehicle, as Chadian soldiers protect the lorry as thousands of Muslim residents from Bangui and Mbaiki flee the Central African Republic capital Bangui in a mass exodus using cars, pickups, trucks, lorries and motorcycles, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014.
CAR   Human Rights   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Central African Republic conflict (2012present)   		 Swissinfo 
Chad says U.N. force needed to stabilise Central African Republic
Tue 18 Feb 2014
  | Reuters | Image Caption: | An African peacekeeping forces soldier from the Rwandan contingent stands guard near the river Oubangui, a natural border between Central Africa Republic and Democr... (photo: AP / Jerome Delay)
File - Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, speaks to the crowd in a rare public appearance during Ashura, that marks the death of Shiite Islam's Imam Hussein, in the suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013.  BBC News  Mon 17 Feb 2014
Hezbollah leader Nasrallah vows to keep fighters in Syria
The leader of the Lebanese Shia militant Hezbollah movement, Hassan Nasrallah, says his members will continue to fight alongside government forces in Syria's civil war. | In a televised address o... (photo: AP / Bilal Hussein)
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File - This undated image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014 shows fighters from the al-Qaida linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) marching in Raqqa, Syria.  Stars and Stripes  Wed 12 Feb 2014
Al-Qaida's expulsion of Islamist group in Syria prompts US debate
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is engaged in a debate about the extent of the president's powers to use lethal force against terrorist organizations, and the deliberations have been accelerat... (photo: AP / Militant website)
Al Qaida   Photos   Syrian War   War on Terror   Wikipedia: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant  
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North Korean soldiers watch a repatriation ceremony from a tower on the North Korean side Military Demarkation Line (MDL). During the ceremony the remains of what is believed to be five U.S. soldiers that served in the Korean war were returned to the Sou New Straits/Business Times Wed 12 Feb 2014
North, South Korea hold rare high-level talks
North and South Korean officials sat down for their highest level talks for years on Wednesday, marking a potential upswing in cooperation ahead of a reunion for families... (photo: US DoD file)
Korean Conflict   Korean Family Reunion   North Korea   Photos   Wikipedia: Korean reunification  
A Soldier assigned to Delta Company, 1st Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, conducts a presence patrol around the U.S. Consulate in Herat, Afghanistan, Jan. 5, 2014. The Guardian Wed 12 Feb 2014
Security fears threaten US future in Afghanistan
LARA JAKES | AP National Security Writer= WASHINGTON (AP) — Warily watching to see how many U.S. troops might remain in Afghanistan next year, American diplomats and... (photo: US Army / Cpl. Alex Flynn)
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File - Residents at the camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) at the United Nations Mission for South Sudan (UNMISS) Malakal Base in the Upper Nile State wait in line at the base's health facility, 27 January 2014. BBC News Tue 11 Feb 2014
South Sudan conflict: New peace talks begin
Fresh talks to resolve the crisis in South Sudan have opened in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, more than two weeks after a ceasefire was signed. | Rebels agreed to... (photo: UN / Isaac Billy)
Human Rights   Photos   S Sudan   UN   Wikipedia: South Sudanese conflict (20132014)  
Lakhdar Brahimi, Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria, speaks during a press conference at the Geneva II Conference on Syria, 27 January 2014. The Guardian Tue 11 Feb 2014
Syria ceasefire: peace talks not making much progress, says UN mediator
Lakhdar Brahimi calls for co-operation as UN attempts to co-ordinate civilian evacuation during temporary ceasefire | Lakhdar Brahimi told a press conference in Geneva th... (photo: UN / Jean-Marc Ferr)
Mideast Peace   Photos   Syrian War   UN   Wikipedia: Geneva II Conference on Syria    
Arsenal's Oliver Giroud, left, celebrates his goal with Mesut Ozil, right, during their English Premier League soccer match against Sunderland at the Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. Orange News Tue 11 Feb 2014
Wenger comes to Ozil's defence
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has come to the defence of club-record signing Mesut Ozil. | Ozil, who joined from Real Madrid for �42.5m in the summer, was vilified by som... (photo: AP / Scott Heppell)
2013-14 Arsenal FC   Arsene Wenger   Mesut Ozil   Photos   Wikipedia: Mesut �zil  
French forces grab a man looting a mosque before chasing him away in the Miskin district of Bangui, Central African Republic, Monday Feb. 3, 2014. Al Jazeera Tue 11 Feb 2014
France in Central Africa : The reluctant interventionist
Two months after the beginning of military operation of French troops in the Central African Republic, it is time to debunk a few myths. France's military interventi... (photo: AP / Jerome Delay)
CAR   Human Rights   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Central African Republic conflict (2012present)  
File - An MQ-1B Predator taxis out to the runway for a routine push off mission Aug. 3, 2010, at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. WorldNews.com Mon 10 Feb 2014
Obama Drone Attacks Verge On Genocide
Article By WN.com Guest Writer Sherwood Ross | President Obama's drone attacks on Middle Eastern nations are not just lawless war crimes. As the "murderous drone campaign... (photo: USAF / Senior Airman Matt Coleman-Foster)
Barack Obama   Human Rights   Photos   US Drone Strikes   Wikipedia: Drone attacks in Pakistan  
Pakistani religious clerics and members of Taliban's negotiating committee, from left to right, Professor Ibrahim Khan, Maulana Sami-ul-Haq, and Maulana Abdul Aziz, answer a question during their press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. CNTV Mon 10 Feb 2014
Taliban intermediaries wrap up two-day talks
ISLAMABAD, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani Taliban and their intermediaries have wrapped up two-day talks in the Waziristan tribal region as part of the ongoing peace negot... (photo: AP / Anjum Naveed)
Pakistan Conflict   Photos   Taliban Peace Talks   Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan   Wikipedia: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan  
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, residents of the besieged Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp carry their belongings as they flee the camp, on the southern edge of the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. BBC News Mon 10 Feb 2014
Third shipment of chemical weapons leaves Syria - UN
A third shipment of chemical weapons materials has left Syria, with some destroyed inside the country, the global chemical weapons watchdog says. | The material was shipp... (photo: AP / SANA)
Chemical Weapons   Photos   Syrian War   UN   Wikipedia: Syrian Civil War  


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In this Oct. 14, 2011 file photo, News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch delivers a keynote address at the National Summit on Education Reform in San Francisco. If the phone hacking scandal gripping Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. empire has a familiar ring, it might be because you've heard the story before. Scrappy outsider turns modest newspaper business into international media conglomerate. Ambition turns to hubris. Tony Blair Allegedly Offered Secret Advice to Murdoch Empire The Daily Beast
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President Barack Obama, right, and French President Francois Hollande, left, shake hands after talking with the media following their tour of Monticello, President Thomas Jeffersons estate, Monday, Feb. 10, 2014, in Charlottesville, Va. Obama and Hollande: U.S. and France: a renewed alliance Richmond Times Dispatch
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Opposition Phue Thai party's Yingluck Shinawatra gives Thai traditional "wai" greeting after a press conference at the party headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, July 3, 2011. Thailand Clashes Kill Four As PM Charged Skynews
Protesters who support ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra cheer at a group of soldiers after forcing them to retreat from a street during an anti-government demonstration Tuesday, April 6, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thousands of anti-government demonstrators clashed with Thai police and military troops trying to prevent them from leaving from the capital's commercial district Tuesday to stage protests elsewhere in Bangkok. Thai police officer killed, dozens hurt in Bangkok clashes Swissinfo
President Barack Obama talks with House Speaker John Boehner after the President participated in a Q&A with the House Republican Conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., March 13, 2013. Presidents' Day and Politically Polarized Vortexes WorldNews.com
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